Royal MCJROTC defeats Ansbach AJROTC
Shooting their highest score of the season Royal MCJROTC defeated Ansbach AJROTC 1050.9 to 997.4 in the 2023 National Sporter Air Rifle League. Their third win in a row. Royal MCJROTC was led by Nathan Covington who shot a 268.0. The remaining contributing members were Jimi Foller, Jenna Johnson, and Jacob Carter. They are from Pattison, TX, and are coached by LaShan Bland.
Royal MCJROTC is competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in thirty-fourth place. Within the Marine Corps JROTC Conference they are in tenth place. They have a 3 - 2 record.
Shooting their highest team score of the season Ansbach AJROTC was led by Loch Wollenzien who shot a 258.8. The remaining contributing members were Eva Saunders, August Bulinski, and Max Balcilio. Ansbach AJROTC is from Ansbach, Germany, and is coached by Christopher Buchanan.
Ansbach AJROTC is also competing in the Distinguished Division where they are currently ranked in fortieth place. They have a 1 - 5 record.
Next up Royal MCJROTC will compete against Chaparral NJROTC from Las Vegas, NV. Chaparral NJROTC currently has a 2 - 3 record. While Ansbach AJROTC has a bye week.
Weekly league recaps are available at https://www.scopos.tech/news/category/national-leagues.
Complete league standings are available at https://www.orionscoringsystem.com/team/LeaguePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2023091512010588.3
The league is a national team league for high school teams and junior rifle clubs. The league has two parts. An 8 week regular season going on now, followed by the post-season.
The Champions Division is reserved for the top teams in the country. The top eight teams from the Champions Division regular season will compete in a single elimination tournament for the league championships.
In each game the teams compete in what is known as a Three-Position Air Rifle match. The match is modeled after Olympic Rifle competitions but adapted to high school age athletes. Each athlete will shoot 10 shots in three different shooting positions, kneeling, prone, and standing. Scored in decimal, each shot is worth a maximum of 10.9 points. The sum of points scored in the 30 shots is the athlete's total. The team score is comprised of the best four athletes from each team.
The National Air Rifle League is sponsored by Scopos. Scopos is the makers of the Orion Scoring System, the Athena Electronic Scoring Target System, and Rezults, the worlds first mobile friendly result website for shooting. Scopos is located in Manassas, VA.
Box Score: http://www.orionresults.com/team/GamePage.aspx?MatchID=1.1.2023102315452254.1
Royal MCJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2260
Ansbach AJROTC team page: http://www.orionresults.com/team/LeagueTeam.aspx?TeamID=2285
30 Oct-05 Nov 23